JPH07282050A - Document editing method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically decide the appropriate position of a character string to which KANA (Japanese syllabary) is to be added among the same character strings existing in a document and to display KANA in an easy-to-see position without troubling a user. CONSTITUTION:When KANA setting to the arbitrary character string in document data is designated in a KANA setting character designation part 501, the intra-document data appearing frequency of the character string is detected in an appearing frequency detection part 502. The display/non-display of KANA to the same characters in the document is decided based on the appearing frequency information in a KANA compulsory display part 503, a KANA display page decision part 504 and a KANA display part 505. Since a display interval is set to be large to the character string whose appearing frequency is high, and set to be narrow to the character string whose appearing frequency is low in accordance with the intra-document appearing frequency on the character strings where KANA is displayed, KANA is displayed in the character string of the appropriate position in the document.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for editing a document such as a word processor and its apparatus, and in particular, it is suitable for displaying, printing, and saving characters such as difficult Chinese characters by automatically adding a modifier such as ruby. The present invention relates to a document editing method and apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a document is created by a word processor or the like and is printed so that it can be seen by others, it is necessary to add ruby to difficult Kanji characters. It is troublesome to add the ruby one by one on the operation screen of the word processor. Therefore, for example, in the technical technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-263361, "reading" is automatically set as a ruby for a character string to which a ruby is to be attached and displayed at the corresponding position. . In addition, JP-A-5-101
In the technical technique described in Japanese Patent No. 056, when a kanji-kana mixed sentence is input, the kanji and its reading, that is, the ruby are stored in association with each other, and the kanji and the ruby are always displayed at the same time.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, ruby is set for all the same kanji (character strings) in a document, or ruby is set only for kanji in a portion designated by the user. . When ruby is added to all the kanji that frequently appear in one document, the reader of the document has a problem that the ruby feels annoying. Also,
If ruby is set only at the user's specified location,
If the designated part is not appropriate, it may happen that the ruby was not set for the kanji when the reader forgot to read the kanji, which is also a problem. When the user specifies the kanji to which ruby is attached, it is usual to add ruby to each page where the ruby setting target kanji first appears on the page. However, if the position of the ruby-set kanji in the document is shifted beyond the page due to repeated deletion and insertion while creating the document, the kanji for which ruby is set does not always appear at the beginning of the page. It is troublesome to correct this one by one.

Therefore, in the conventional technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-289021, ruby is set from the first appearance of a target kanji for ruby setting up to a predetermined number of times, and thereafter ruby is not set. This is based on the idea that if the ruby has been added up to a predetermined number of times, the reader will remember the reading of that kanji, and thereafter the ruby will be unnecessary. However, even if the reading of a kanji is understood because the ruby is attached at the beginning of reading the document, the reading of the kanji is often forgotten while reading the document. Also, if you want to read only the latter half of the document at a later date,
There is a problem that it is necessary to search for the corresponding part in the first half of the document where ruby is attached.

An object of the present invention is to provide a document editing method and apparatus for automatically determining an appropriate position as a setting position when setting a ruby or the like in a document.

[0006]

In the document editing device for editing and outputting character data, when a ruby output target character string in a document is designated, the appearance of the character string in the document is achieved. By automatically determining the character string to output the ruby from the character string in the document according to the frequency,
To be achieved.

[0007]

[Operation] Since the ruby display interval in a document is automatically determined according to the frequency of appearance of the character string in the document, ruby is displayed at an appropriate position for any document,
It is possible to solve the problem of "difficulty in reading" caused by adding too much ruby or too little ruby.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The document editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is a CP
The U101, the external storage device 102, the display controller 131, the input controller 141, and the printer controller 151 are provided as constituent devices, and these devices can exchange data with each other via the system bus 106.

Further, each constituent device is connected to the following various devices. A display memory 132 is connected to the display controller 131, and a display 133 is connected to the display memory 132. A keyboard 142 and a pointing device 143 are connected to the input controller 141.

A printer device 152 is connected to the printer controller 151. A main storage device 171 is connected to the CPU 101. This main memory device 17
1, a document editing program 172, a ruby display program 173, a ruby data storage unit 174, a user designation information storage unit 175, and a document data storage unit 176 are provided. The CPU 101 executes the document editing program 172 and the ruby display program 173 stored in the main storage device 171.

The document editing program 172 and the ruby display program 173 may be provided in the external storage device 102 instead of the main storage device 171, and may be read into the main storage device 171 via the system bus 106 at the time of execution. Good. In addition, the ruby data storage unit 174, the user specified information storage unit 175, and the document data storage unit 176 are also provided in the external storage device 102, and these are taken out from the external storage device 102 when the program is executed, and are stored in the main storage device 102.
You can load it into.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the document data storage unit 176. The document data 176 is composed of one page or a plurality of pages, and each page is usually a character code 20.
1, a character modification code 202 for designating character modification such as ruby and double-width designation, and a page break code 203. It also has an end code 204 at the end of the document.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the ruby data storage unit 174. The ruby data storage unit 174 stores information necessary for ruby setting for each character string for which ruby setting is performed.
In the present embodiment, a character code storage unit 301 that stores a character code of a character string for which ruby setting is performed, a reading storage unit 302 that stores reading data corresponding to the character code, and appearance frequency information in a document of the character code. The information of the appearance frequency storage unit 303 for storing is stored.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of setting information in the user designation information storage unit 175. In the present embodiment, the interval at which ruby is attached is adjusted according to the appearance frequency of the character string. For example, for a character string that appears 5 times per page, add ruby to every 5 pages and add ruby to each page for a character string that appears only once per page. To

In order to carry out such ruby display control, in the present embodiment, the user selects "ruby compulsory display range" 401, "appearance frequency detection maximum value" 402, and "ruby display interval maximum value" as parameters related to ruby display. “403” is designated. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a proportional function having a slope of “maximum value of ruby display interval / maximum value of appearance frequency detection” is created. However, if the appearance frequency of the same character string is smaller than the value of the ruby compulsory display range 401, the ruby display page interval is set to "0", and ruby is displayed on all the same character strings. The appearance frequency of the same character is the maximum occurrence frequency detection value 4
When it is larger than the value of 02, the ruby display interval is set to the value of the ruby table interval maximum value 403. Also, the ruby display interval is in page units, and values below the decimal point are truncated. By setting the frequency of appearance of characters for ruby setting in the document in this function, each character string for ruby setting can uniquely determine the ruby display interval.

In FIG. 4, "1 time / page" is set as the ruby compulsory display range 401, and "5" is set as the appearance frequency detection maximum value 402.
“Number of pages / page” is set as the maximum ruby display interval value 403 of “5 pages”
Shows an example of the relationship between the appearance frequency of a character string in a document and the ruby display interval when the user specifies each. This parameter is specified by selecting the corresponding menu from the menu, opening the screen shown in FIG. 13, and inputting on this screen.

FIG. 5 is a basic configuration diagram of the ruby display program 173. The ruby display program 173 includes a ruby setting character designation unit 501, an appearance frequency detection unit 502, a ruby compulsory display unit 503, a ruby display page determination unit 504, and a ruby display unit 505. The ruby setting character designating section 501 designates a character string for ruby setting and registers the character string data in the ruby data storing section 174. The appearance frequency detection unit 502 detects the appearance frequency in the document data 176 of the character string for ruby setting. When it is determined that the appearance frequency of the character string for which ruby setting is performed in the document data is low based on the information in the user-specified information storage unit 175, the ruby compulsory display unit 503 displays the ruby in all the character strings in the document data. Display it. The ruby display page determination unit 504 uses the user-specified information 1
If it is not determined that the appearance frequency of the character string in the document data is low based on the information of 75, it is determined whether or not to display the ruby for each page in the document. The ruby display unit 505 displays ruby only on the character string that first appears in one page.

The ruby setting character designating section 501 is activated by a user's operation, and the appearance frequency detecting section 502 causes the ruby setting character designating section 501 to specify the ruby setting after the execution of the ruby setting character designating section 501. Fired for a row. The appearance frequency detection unit 502 activates a command for redetermining the ruby display character, a user activates a command for storing the document data 176 in the external storage device 102, or a document by an editing operation. It is preferable to activate each character code in the ruby data storage unit 174 at a timing such as when the number of page break codes 203 in the data 176 changes.

After the execution of the appearance frequency storage unit 502, the ruby compulsory display unit 503 or the ruby display page determination unit 504 is activated based on the value of the appearance frequency information calculated by the appearance frequency storage unit 502. Ruby display page determination unit 504
Determines a page for displaying ruby for a character string for ruby setting, and activates the ruby display unit 505 for the page. Ruby forced display unit 503 and ruby display unit 505
Are the document data 1 that are determined to be displayed in ruby, respectively.
For each character code in 76, the reading data storage unit 3
A character modification code for displaying the reading data corresponding to the character code in 02 as a ruby of the character code is added and stored again in the document data 276.

FIG. 6 shows the ruby setting character storage unit 5 shown in FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the execution procedure of 01. When the user instructs ruby setting at an arbitrary portion of the document being edited, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, a ruby setting window 120 is displayed.
1 is displayed on the screen, and the input of a character string for ruby setting is awaited (step 601). The user inputs a character string to which ruby is attached on this window screen (a character string "edit" in the example of FIG. 12) (step 602). When this character string is input, the device side reads the input character string and then searches the ruby data storage unit 174 (steps 603 and 604). In the ruby data storage unit 174,
If there is no entry having the same character code as this input character string, a new area is secured in the ruby data storage unit 174, and the character code and reading data of the input character string are respectively stored in the character code storage unit 301 of this area. , In the read data storage unit 302 (steps 605, 606, 60).
7). The reading data is created, for example, by Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-2633.
The reading data at the time of input conversion of the character string may be stored in advance by using the method described in Japanese Patent No. 61, and the data may be used for the reading. Alternatively, the window screen shown in FIG. 12 may be used to allow the user to input. When the ruby setting character string of the document being edited is specified with the mouse or keyboard during ruby setting, the specified character string can be taken from the document being edited and displayed in the window screen of FIG. Is.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an execution procedure of the appearance frequency detection unit 502. First, "0" is set to the counter COUNT for counting the number of appearances of the character string for ruby setting in the document data (step 7).
01). The document data 176 is read, and if the character code in the read document data and the character code of the character string for ruby setting match, "1" is added to COUNT (steps 702, 704, 705). Step 7
02 to step 705 are repeated until the end code is detected (step 703). When the end code is detected in step 703, the appearance frequency of the character string for ruby setting is calculated based on the value of COUNT, and the result is calculated as the appearance frequency storage unit of the area corresponding to the character string of the ruby data storage unit 174. Three
03 (steps 706 and 707).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an execution procedure of the ruby compulsory display unit 503. Regarding the character string to be set for ruby, the appearance frequency information corresponding to the character string in the ruby data storage unit 174 is compared with the ruby compulsory display range 401 in the user designated information storage unit 175, and the appearance frequency of the character string is determined. It is determined whether or not the ruby compulsory display condition is satisfied (step 801). Only when the condition is satisfied, proceed to the following steps, and when not satisfied, end the process.

If the condition is satisfied, the document data 176
Is read, and ruby display is designated only when the character code of the read document data and the character code of the character string for ruby setting match (steps 802, 804,
805). These steps 802 to 805 are repeated until the end code is detected (step 803).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an execution procedure of the ruby display unit 505. First, a flag FLAG for determining whether or not ruby display has already been performed for a character string for which ruby setting is performed within a page for which ruby display is performed (step 901). Next, the document data 176 is read (step 902), and when the character code of the read document data and the character code of the character string for ruby setting match, ruby display is designated as the character code of the document data ( Steps 906 and 907), FLAG is "1"
Is set (step 908). Thereafter, step 90
Steps 2 to 908 are repeated until the end code is detected, the page break code is detected, or FLAG becomes "1" (steps 903, 904, and 905).

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure of the ruby display page determining section 504 which is executed when the ruby is not forcibly displayed. For the character string to be set for ruby, the ruby display interval for the target character string is determined from the appearance frequency information stored in the ruby data storage unit 174 and the information in the user-specified information storage unit 175 (step 100).
1). Next, the ruby display process shown in FIG. 9 is executed, and the ending condition is read (step 1002). When it is ended by detecting the end code, the process is ended as it is (step 1003). When the page break code is detected, there is no character string that matches the character string for ruby setting in the page where ruby display processing is performed, so ruby display processing is continued for the next page. (Step 1004). When FLAG ends with "1", that is, when ruby is displayed and ended (step 1005), "0" is set to the counter COUNT that counts the number of pages not displayed with ruby for the character string. Then, the document data 176 is continuously read until the value of COUNT becomes equal to the value of the ruby display interval of the character string (steps 1006 to 1011). Step 100
If none of 3,1004 or 1005 applies, it is considered that some error has occurred.
Suspend processing.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a document selected based on the above-mentioned processing result. For example, if the appearance frequency of the character string is 3 times / page or more in the user-specified information, 3
If there is an instruction to "display ruby once on the page", the ruby settings are made for the character string "edit" in the document, and the appearance frequency of the character string "edit" in the document meets the above conditions. When satisfying, the ruby is not displayed even if the word "edit" appears on the next two pages after the page displaying the ruby for the character string.

When the user-specified information includes an instruction "display ruby for all character strings whose appearance frequency is less than once / page", the character string "history" indicates the condition. If satisfied, even if there are a plurality of character strings “history” on the same page, ruby is displayed on all of them.

In the above-described embodiment, the ruby display processing is performed by observing the character string appearance frequency of the entire document, but the character string appearance frequency is often different between the first half and the second half of the document. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which such uneven appearance frequency is taken into consideration.
4 shows. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 14, the ruby display page is determined from the viewpoint of “how many pages after the page the ruby is displayed” based on the number of appearances of the same character for each page. Therefore,
The display interval of the ruby is large in a portion where the same characters are concentrated, and the display interval is narrow in a portion where the characters do not appear very often.

Therefore, first, the number of appearances of the same character for each page in the document is detected for the character string for which ruby is set (step 1401). From the first page, based on the number of appearances of the same character on the page and the information in the user-specified information storage unit 175, the page to display the next ruby for the character string is determined (step 1402). Next, the ruby display processing shown in FIG. 9 is executed, and the ending condition is read (step 1403). If it ends by detecting the end code,
The process ends as it is (step 1404). If the page break code is detected, the ruby display process is continued for the next page (step 1405). When FLAG becomes "1" and ends, the counter COUNT that counts the number of pages not displaying ruby for the character string
Is set to "0", and the document data is continuously read until the value of COUNT becomes equal to the value of the ruby display interval of the character string (steps 1406 to 1412). If none of steps 1404, 1405, and 1406 is satisfied, it is considered that some error has occurred, and the process is interrupted.

In the above-described embodiment, the display of ruby has been described, but it can be similarly applied to the case where a modifier code other than ruby is added. Further, not only the display but also at the time of printing or saving. It goes without saying that a modifier code can be added.

[0031]

According to the present invention, the position of a character string for displaying, printing, and saving a modifier code such as ruby is automatically determined appropriately according to the frequency of appearance of the same character string in a document. This reduces the burden on and improves editing efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a document editing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of document data.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a ruby data storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information in a user designation information storage unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a ruby display program.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a method of registering characters for setting ruby.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for calculating the appearance frequency of characters for which ruby is set in a document.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of ruby compulsory display.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart in the case of performing ruby display for one place on one page.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for displaying ruby at page intervals.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a document to which a ruby display process according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a ruby setting window opened when a ruby setting instruction is input.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a ruby setting parameter designation screen.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a ruby display processing procedure when there is uneven appearance frequency of a ruby display target character string in a document.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... CPU, 171 ... Main storage device, 172 ... Document editing program, 173 ... Ruby display program, 174 ...
Ruby data storage unit, 175 ... User specified information storage unit, 1
76 ... Document data storage unit.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yukio Funao 52-1 Omika-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki Hitachi Ltd. Omika factory

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. In a document editing device for editing and outputting character data, when a ruby output target character string in a document is designated, the rubi output target character string in the document is displayed according to the appearance frequency of the character string in the document. A document editing method characterized by automatically determining a character string for outputting ruby from the character string. 2. The rubi output according to claim 1, wherein when the appearance frequency of the ruby output target character string in the document is lower than a predetermined value, ruby output is performed for all the character strings in the document. How to edit documents. 3. The character string having a high appearance frequency is subjected to ruby output for the character string appearing at the head of the page every m pages, and the character string having a low appearance frequency is n (<m).
A method for editing a document, characterized in that ruby output is performed for the character string appearing at the beginning of the page every other page. 4. A document editing apparatus for editing and outputting character data, when a ruby display target character string in a document is designated, according to the appearance frequency of the character string for each page in the document, A document editing method characterized by automatically determining a character string to output ruby from the character string in the document. 5. The document according to claim 4, wherein the interval between the character strings for outputting ruby is set larger for a portion where the appearance frequency of the ruby output target character string is higher than for a portion where the appearance frequency is low. How to edit. 6. The ruby output according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ruby is displayed on an edit screen,
Alternatively, a method of editing a document, characterized in that it is either printing ruby. 7. The document editing method according to claim 1, further comprising: displaying a screen for designating a relationship between the appearance frequency of the character string and the ruby output interval. 8. In a document editing device for editing and outputting character data, when a ruby output target character string in a document is designated, the ruby output target character string in the document is selected according to the appearance frequency of the character string in the document. A document editing apparatus comprising means for automatically determining a character string for outputting ruby from a character string. 9. The rubi output according to claim 8, wherein when the appearance frequency of the ruby output target character string in the document is lower than a predetermined value, ruby output is performed for all the character strings in the document. Document editing device. 10. The character string having a high appearance frequency is subjected to ruby output for the character string appearing at the head of the page every m pages, and the character string having a low appearance frequency is n (<m).
A document editing apparatus, which performs ruby output for the character string appearing at the beginning of the page every other page. 11. A document editing apparatus for editing and outputting character data, wherein when a ruby display target character string in a document is designated, the document is displayed in accordance with the appearance frequency of the character string for each page in the document. A document editing apparatus comprising means for automatically determining a character string for outputting a ruby from among the character strings therein. 12. The document according to claim 11, wherein, for a portion where the appearance frequency of the ruby output target character string is high in the document, the interval between the character strings for which ruby is output is made larger than that for a portion where the appearance frequency is low. Editing device. 13. The document according to claim 8, wherein the output of the ruby is either displaying the ruby on an editing screen or printing the ruby. Editing device. 14. The document editing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising means for displaying a screen for designating the relationship between the appearance frequency of the character string and the ruby output interval.